Improved wheat-drill



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIDEON' KING, -OF EMINENCILVKENTUGKY.

lNIPROVED WH EAT-DRILL.k

Y Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,024, dated March2.8, 1865.

'o all whom it 'may concern.-

'Be it known that I, GIDEoN KING, of the `town ot' Eminence,iu thecountyof Henry and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and .usel'ulMachine for Drilling Wheat or Small Grain,whieh I styleGr.KingsWheat-Drill5 and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the consti uction and operation ofthe same, reference 4being had tothe annexed drawings, making a. part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view; Fig. 2, a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of the feed-frame. Fig. 4.is a view ot the under side of the hopper. Fig.5 is an enlarged View Acurved propelling rod or shaft, A, Fig. 1, with movablehook B, isattached inr a staple, U, in the fore end of the plow-beam on themold-hoard side, forms a parallel with thebeam,

and terminates opposite incid-board H. To this is attached auinch-aud-a-quarter drillboard, E, four to tive feet long` andifteeninches wide, by means ot' haiinch bolts, which extend through and beyondshoulder-heads F F, Fig. 2, forming standards G G, Fig. 2, tit'- teeninches long and eight inches apart, fixing the fore end of thedrill-board E, Fig. 2, about `one foot ahead ot'- the moidboard H, Fig,1, which drill-board works ou its edge, being sloped upward, as at X,Fig. 2. This drillboard is held erect and at a 'proper distance from theplow by means ot aspring-metal curved rod, K, and is attached to theplow by a screw-pin, passing through the lower end of the plow-handle,lower end ot' said rod, and screwed into the lower end ofthe helve oftheplow near the 'mold-board. Said rod curves up,'as at K, a distancesuftieient to let the t'urniug soil pass under it when plowing, the

opposite end being screwed to the drill-board, as at L, Fig. 2.

A tube is inserted iu the drillboard, as indicated between dotted linesM,ou the opposite side from the plow, covered with sheet-iron, as at E LM, inclining downward and backward from U to N, Fig. 2,terminat-- ing inthe notch at N. lu this tube a thin inet-al conductor, P, is placed, thelower end being raised or lowered by means of awedge, as at N, at-thenotch.by which the grain can `he put inthe ground at any depth desired.At "the upper end of said tubeasheet-iron fender,

N, is made secure to prevent dirt being thrown in this tube. A smallhandle, R, is fastened by screws or bolts tothe hind end of thedrilliron divider is riveted tothe hind end of the drill-board, as at S,Fig. 1, which is pressed open at the extreme hind end by a. wedge (heldby a screw) to a thickness desired, which makes a large or small valley,Where the grain is located, to suit the .wishes of the plantel'.

The feed-frame O, which extends from the plow-beam across thedrill-board E, is twenty inches long, three inches deep, and tive to sixinches wide, having a cross-block, T, and one.

an inch shaft works or revolves twenty inches long, to one end of whichva Ascrew feed-nut-, V,

onto a screw inserted into the end of the shaft J ,-Fig. 5, which nutrevolves against the ceu"- ter cross-block, T, to which a blockisscrewed containing au oval chamber for the feed-nut V. This chamber isrgnnd, like the nut, but is about three-sixteenths ot' an inch larger ouallsides where the grain passes,obviating all possibility of grainsbeing crushed. The nut; is close to the upper sideof the chamber, whichhas au opening next thehopper atV, and discharges the grain at W, whereit is thrown into a iieXible hose, Z, which hose enters and plays in thetube M ot' thedrill-board E behind the standards G G, Fig.2. rlhefeed-uut is secured at the end by a round stopper, Y,entering thenut-chan1ber,anf.lis pressed by a temper-screw, X,toalightness desired.-Asupporting-shaft, b, is screwed to the under side ot' the feedframe ata, Fig. 3, with an adjustable screwat b, Fig. 3, which works in asliding groove, b, so as to move this end ot' the iced-frame backward orforward, which shaft exteudsto and plays in a staple on the plow-beam atq, Fig. l. The other end of the feed-frame works between the standards GG, Fig. J, and is held Fig. 3, fastened to the under side of the 4frameby a s 'crew inserted loosely, so that the board accommodates itselt' tothe standards G G, which have holes in each end c c for the standardsto'work or play through, the frame movim,r np or down, as the ground maybe rough or smooth, and is supported by n. lightfivheel,

I, Fig. 1, three and one-third feet high, which board E, Fig.2,to raiseit in turning. A sheetat u, through thecenterot' which (crossfblocks) lone and one-half inch iu diameter, is screwed in. place by them bymeansjo't a cross board,'b,1

drives the feed-nut shaft J, Fig. 1, and' works yon the opposite side ofdrill-board E from the plow. vThe wheelpslides on the-shaft Vto anypoint desired," and made fastv by means ot" screw d in the hub, bothot'whicb are propelled b ya rod, e, inserted and screwed in'feed-frameat U, Figui, which extends to rod 'at A. Fig.

1,Where it is slipped overa thumb-screwhead,

which, when turned, secures it.

The feed-nut, Fig. 5, is tinted diagonally at oneend,thefeedbeingincreased ordiminished by nuts with larger or. smaller flutes,(substituting at pleasure.)

Thev hopper, Fig. 4, is confined on the feedframe O, B`ig.,1, bythumb-screwsff, working in slotsl Aj', Fig. 4, which is slipped oit' or,on by turning or u'nturning` said screws, by which it 'ls made fast tothe frame.

The staple G, Fig. 1, is made six to eight inches long, so that the plowcan be drawn backward in case it hangs on root-s or otherwise requires abackward motion, without nroving" the drill backward at'the saine time.

llhis drill operates by the side of a plow, and drills the grain duringthe process ot' breaking. the ground. The drill-board El follows thepreviously-made furrow. The fore end, being ahead of the turningorbreaking soil, receives it on its side next the plow, the oppositesidev ofthe drill-board sliding bythe side ofthe soil turned theprevious trip. Thusthe drill board beingpressed by it on both sides, itis drawn between the soil of two turnings. conducting the grain throughthe tube M, discharging it atN, leaving a beautiful valley over thegrain dcpositedin which it is designed to grow.' rlhe Wheel turns in itthe followingtrip.

That I claim aspmy improvement, and desire to secure by Lette-rs Patent,is-

.1. The drill-board ll, in combination with the plo-W, as specified.

2. The feed-frame O, in combination with the drill-board E; as and forthe purpose set forth.-

3.4 'llleshat't Q,torconneetingthe drill-board as und for the purposefor the purpose specified. y

5. The feed-unt V, in combination with the drill-board E and wheel l.when constructed as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The adjustable wedge in the heel ot' the drill-board E, and invcombin ation therewith, as and for the purpose, specified.

7. The adjustment of the wheel I upon the shaft J, in combination withthe drill-board E,

as and for the purpose described.

S. The stopper Y and temper-screw X', in

combination with' the feed-nntV, as specified.

9. Attaching the drill-board E to the heel of the plow by means ofthecurved rod K, as I and for the'purpose set forth.

10. The adjustable plate S at the rear'end of the drillboard E, for thepurpose described.

lll Depositingtheseed between the last furrow plowed and the furrowbeing plowed, as herein speced, bylneans ot' th-'e drill-board E.

v GIDEON KING. Witnesses:

lt. L. TINsLEY, p

-v L. E'. BROWN.'

